Rosmersholm

A former pastor renounces his faith. A brilliant woman arrives at his estate with secrets she will use to unravel everything he believes. This is the devastating machinery of Rosmersholm, Ibsen's most psychologically precise examination of guilt, redemption, and the violence inherent in idealists who discover their ideals were built on corruption. John Rosmer, once a respected clergyman, has lost his belief in Christianity and now wishes to use his influence to advance progressive causes. Into his home comes Rebecca West, a woman of sharp intellect and murky past. She sets herself to dismantle his remaining religious and political convictions, driven by motives that remain suspect until the play's devastating climax. Her past is entangled with the death of Rosmer's first wife, a woman who drowned at Rosmersholm, and the truth of what happened there will destroy everything. Ibsen asks the question that haunts the modern age: can any ethical system survive the death of the faith that gave it birth? The answer is unflinching. This is for readers who want their drama dark, intellectual, and unforgiving. Those who loved The Wild Duck or Hedda Gabler will find here Ibsen at his most ruthless.